European Union
The executive branch of the EU, responsible for proposing legislation including migration policy.
The European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union, based in Brussels and organized into a college of Commissioners supported by directorates-general. It holds the EU's right of legislative initiative and enforces EU law across member states. In the area of migration and asylum, the Commission proposes legislation on borders, visas, asylum procedures, and cooperation with non-EU countries, and it monitors how member states apply these rules. It coordinates EU funding for migration management and supports agencies that operate in this field. The Commission can open infringement proceedings where it considers EU law is not being applied. Migration policy is shared between the EU and member states, so the Commission proposes, coordinates, and enforces rather than directly administering national systems.